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Summary

  • Dr. Eric Hudgins received his medical degree from Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He focuses on the comprehensive surgical care of degenerative spine disease, brain tumors, tumors of the spine, spine fractures, complex spine disorders, spinal deformity, and peripheral nerve surgery using advanced neurosurgical techniques. He has more than 30 publications and over 100 citings.

Clinical Expertise

  • Brain tumor, Brain metastases, Spine surgery, Revision spine surgery, Spine disorders, Neurosurgery, Spine trauma

Education & Training

  • Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
    Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 2012
  • Wake Forest University
    Wake Forest UniversityPhD, Neuroscience, 2005 - 2010
  • North Carolina State University
    North Carolina State UniversityBS, Microbiology, Summa cum laude, 2000 - 2003
  • North Carolina State University
    North Carolina State UniversityBS, Biochemistry, Summa cum laude, 2000 - 2003

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2012 - Present
  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • King of the Air-Landing Patterns Competition 2015
  • Mary A. Bell Award WNC Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, 2009
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award National Institutes of Health, 2009, 2016
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Intraoperative navigation is associated with reduced blood loss during C1-2 posterior cervical fixation  
    Hitti FL, Hudgins ED, Chen IH, Malhotra NR, Zager EL, Schuster JM, World Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
  • Ultrasonography detects ulnar nerve dislocation despite normal electrophysiology and magnetic resonance imaging  
    Pisapia JM, Ali ZS, Hudgins ED, Khoury V, Heuer GG, Zager EL, Journal of Neurosurgery, World Neurosurgery, 1/1/2017
  • Resident simulation training in endoscopic endonasal surgery utilizing haptic feedback technology  
    Thawani JP, Ramayya AG, Abdullah KG, Hudgins ED, et al, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 1/1/2016

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Intracranial recordings applied towards a better predictor of unconscious states.
    Stiso J, Hudgins ED, Brandon C, Williams S, Kelz M, Proekt A, Lucas TL, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1/1/2017
  • Neural Correlates of Operant Conditioning in Human Intracranial Electroencephalography.
    Hudgins ED, Brandon C, Williams S, Rammayya AG, Buch V, Stiso J, Kelz M, Proekt A, Richardson AG, Chen HI, Lucas TH, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 1/1/2017
  • Multidisciplinary approach to improving quality and safety in an academic institutional setting.
    Neuwirth MG, Bailey EA, Hudgins ED, Myers JS, AAMC Integrating Quality Conference, 1/1/2016
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Lectures

  • C7 Schwannoma. 
    Pittsburgh, PA - 8/15/2017
  • The search for neural correlates of learning, and predictive modeling in brain injury. 
    University of Pennsylvania - 5/25/2017
  • House Staff Committee Quality Improvement Updates 
    4/24/2017
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Other

  • Bimini Island 
    Hudgins ED, Flying Magazine
    7/1/2016
  • Functional roles of midbrain dopamine neurons in associative learning. 
    Hudgins ED, Wake Forest University, 245 pages, ISBN: 9781124044552
    http://hdl.handle.net/10339/14829
    1/1/2010

Grant Support

  • Cortical and Hippocampal synchronization associated with learning and memoryNational Institutes of Health2016–2017
  • Involvement of Dopamine in Associative LearningNational Institutes of Health2009–2012

Committees

  • President, University of Pennsylvania House Staff Governing Council 2016 - 2017
  • President, Wake Forest Univ. MD-PhD Student Association 2011 - 2012
  • Annual Meeting Co-Chair, American Physician Scientists Association 2007 - 2008

Professional Memberships

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery
    Board Certified Diplomate

Hospital Affiliations